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Echinospongia australis
Gray, 1870
AphiaID
191026
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191026)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Tethyida
(Order)
Hemiasterellidae
(Family)
Echinospongia
(Genus)
Echinospongia australis
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer & junior synonym)
Accepted name
Axos cliftoni
Gray, 1867
Rank
Species
Type taxon of
Echinospongia
Gray, 1870
Parent
Echinospongia
Gray, 1870
accepted as
Axos
Gray, 1867
Original name
Echinospongia australis
Gray, 1870
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Gray, J.E. (1870). Note on a new genus of sponge from West Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6: 272.
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Exmouth to Broome
type locality contained in
Exmouth to Broome
[details]
Taxonomic citation
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database.
Echinospongia australis
Gray, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191026 on 2026-08-28
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-23 09:31:40Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2021-10-10 16:14:06Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1870). Note on a new genus of sponge from West Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 6: 272.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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